Services

Cross-Border APAC Regulatory Framework Alignment

We provide institutional compliance teams and individual practitioners with practical, operational expertise to strengthen controls, streamline onboarding, and build technical compliance skills across key APAC and global financial hubs.

Our Focus

Operational compliance support

  • Independent KYC/AML File Audits: Detailed gap analysis on customer files, onboarding workflows, and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) playbooks for high-risk accounts.
  • Onboarding Optimization: Eliminating review bottlenecks to accelerate turnaround times while maintaining rigorous risk controls.
  • Individual & Team Training Solutions: Practical, scenario-based training modules on Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening for career advancement and team upskilling.

Cross-Border Regulatory Reconciliation

Align your AML/KYC programs across key regional standards to support audit readiness.

Asia-Pacific (APAC): HKMA (Hong Kong), MAS (Singapore), RBI/SEBI (India), AUSTRAC/ASIC (Australia), and emerging regional standards across broader APAC jurisdictions.
United States (FinCEN & FFIEC): Supporting APAC-headquartered firms expanding into or clearing through US markets.
Service Overview

Practical support for your compliance function

Focus AreaCore FeaturesKey Benefit
Independent File Audits
  • Gap analysis of customer files
  • High-risk EDD playbooks
  • Pre-examination audit-readiness testing
Identify regulatory vulnerabilities before external audits or examinations occur.
Cross-Border Alignment
  • HKMA expectations in Hong Kong
  • MAS expectations in Singapore
  • RBI and SEBI expectations in India
  • AUSTRAC and other APAC regulatory expectations
Maintain consistent compliance practices across fragmented jurisdictions.
Onboarding Optimization
  • Remove workflow bottlenecks
  • Accelerate time-to-onboard
  • Maintain risk-based controls without compromising quality
Shorten time-to-revenue while maintaining robust compliance standards.
Individual and Team Training
  • Practical KYC, CDD, and EDD workshops
  • Complex UBO and corporate-structure analysis
  • Case-study-based red-flag identification
Equip analysts and compliance professionals with practical, real-world skills.
Non-Regulated Advisory
  • Practical, hands-on expert support
  • Solutions tailored to internal team objectives
  • Non-regulated consulting and advisory services only
Provide flexible, high-impact expertise without representing the client as a regulated service provider.
Advisory Services

Targeted reviews and operational improvement

Service CategoryDescription
KYC, CDD, and EDD process reviewsReview existing customer due-diligence processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
High-risk customer assessmentsAssess high-risk customers, PEPs, complex ownership structures, and higher-risk jurisdictions.
AML policy and procedure reviewsReview AML policies, procedures, governance arrangements, and operational controls.
Control-gap assessmentsIdentify weaknesses in processes, documentation, governance, quality control, and risk management.
Operating-model assessmentsAssess whether responsibilities, workflows, escalation paths, and controls are appropriately designed.
KYC remediation supportSupport customer-file remediation, backlog management, quality control, and review programs.
Beneficial-ownership reviewsReview beneficial ownership, control structures, corporate documentation, and UBO identification.
Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds reviewsAssess the completeness, consistency, and reasonableness of SoW and SoF documentation.
Compliance trainingDeliver practical training for individuals, teams, analysts, onboarding specialists, and compliance professionals.
Process improvementImprove workflows, documentation standards, handoffs, escalation processes, and review efficiency.
Technology-enabled advisoryProvide advisory support on workflow design, automation opportunities, and technology-enabled compliance processes.
Compliance documentationPrepare practical procedures, checklists, operating guides, review templates, and control documentation.
Discuss your requirements
Training Programs

Build practical and job-ready capability

Training ProgramKey TopicsLearning Outcome
KYC and CDD Foundations
  • Identity-verification standards
  • Customer risk-scoring methodologies
  • Customer risk profiling
  • Customer Identification Program requirements
  • Core CDD requirements
  • Ongoing monitoring
  • Record-keeping essentials
Build a strong foundation in customer identification, risk assessment, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
Advanced EDD and UBO Masterclass
  • Complex corporate ownership structures
  • Trusts and offshore structures
  • UBO identification and analysis
  • Source of Wealth verification
  • Source of Funds verification
  • EDD playbooks for high-risk clients and PEPs
  • High-risk-sector analysis
  • Practical investigation case studies
Develop the ability to investigate complex structures, assess higher-risk relationships, and document defensible EDD conclusions.

Delivery

Individual or team-based training

Methodology

Practical workshops, guided exercises, case studies, and scenario-based learning

Coverage

KYC, CDD, EDD, UBO analysis, AML controls, customer risk assessment, and red-flag identification

Intended outcome

Practical, job-ready skills that can be applied in onboarding, KYC review, AML operations, and financial compliance roles

Customization

Training content can be tailored to the participant's experience level, role, business model, and development objectives